There are many kinds of abuse. This
site focuses on emotional abuse. There is also physical,
and sexual. And there is abuse of power.

The founder of EQI was emotionally
abused by his family, physically and emotionally abused
by school teachers and then sexually abused by a male professor at age 18.

All abuse damages us. It causes us
to have low self-esteem, low self-confidence. It causes
us to feel insecure. It teaches us that our feelings
don't matter to others. That we are just of value as
objects to be used and discarded when we no longer serve
someone else's purpose

These feelings are shown in
different ways by different people. Some who have been
abused may become overly-aggressive or violent. Others
may become afraid of any kind of conflict or
confrontation.